Category: Departments
Wielding the Tools to Combat Obesity
by Kellie Armstrong, MSN, RN, CBN Ms. Armstrong is Program Manager, Center for Bariatric Surgery at The Miriam Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: The author reports no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. Bariatric Times. 2023;20(3–4):20–21. Hello, I am Kellie Armstrong, MSN, […]
Raising the Standard: Adapting Advanced Hemodynamic Monitoring to Optimize Surgical Outcomes in Bariatric Surgery
by Sabatino Leffe, DO; Don Decrosta, MD; Dominick Gadaleta, MD, FACS, FASMBS; and anthony T. Petrick, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Leffe is Vice Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, South Shore University Hospital; Eastern Region Operations Director, Northwell Anesthesiology, Northwell Health in Manhasset, New York; and Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra in […]
MBSAQIP Updates
by Stacy Brethauer, MD, MBA, DABS-FPMBS Dr. Brethauer is Chair, Committee on Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Interim Chief Quality Officer, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. Bariatric Times. 2023;20(3–4):24–25. Hello colleagues, Welcome to the first installment of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) Updates. Since we reorganized […]
Finding Our Focus
Richard M. Peterson, MD, MPH, FACS, FASMBS, DABS-FPMBS, is the Co-clinical Editor of Bariatric Times; Professor of Surgery, UT Health San Antonio; Chief, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas. Dear Colleagues, Last year in April, I was writing an editorial to highlight a momentous milestone in our specialty’s evolution. We […]
Making Progress in the Treatment of Childhood Obesity
Jennifer C. Seger, MD, FOMA, is the Co-clinical Editor of Bariatric Times; Diplomate, American Board of Obesity Medicine; Medical Director, Bariatric Medical Institute of Texas, San Antonio, Texas. Dear Readers, By now, you’ve probably read about the recently published American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines for the treatment of obesity. In medicine, some guidelines roll […]
From Bariatric Patient to Bariatric Nurse Practitioner: My Journey to Health, Wellness, and a New Career Trajectory
by Heather R. Baum, MSN, RN, BA, CRNP, NP-C, AGACNP-BC CCRN Ms. Baum is with Weight Loss Surgery and Wellness Center, Reading Hospital, Tower Health System in Reading, Pennsylvania. Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: The author reports no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. Bariatric Times. 2023;20(2):8–9. […]
Impact of a Postoperative Bariatric Surgery Phone Call Quality Improvement Intervention on 30-day Hospital Readmissions and Emergency Department Visits
by Melissa C. Majumdar, MS, RD, CSOWM, LDN; Zachary I. Grunewald, PhD, MS, RDN, LD; Elissa A. Falconer, MD; Maggie L. Diller, MD; Mobola Oyefule, MD; Federico J. Serrot, MD; Jamil L. Stetler, MD; Ankit D. Patel, MD; Jahnavi K. Srinivasan, MD; S. Scott Davis Jr., MD; Edward Lin, DO; and Elizabeth M. Hechenbleikner, MD Ms. Majumdar […]
Operating Room Set-up for Patients with Class III Obesity Who Undergo a Cesarean Section
by Rachelle Shirley, MD, DM(OG), FACOG; Rachel Hamilton, BKin, BScN; Kim Ngo, BScN; Catherine Agnotti, RN, BScN, MN; and Cynthia Maxwell, MD, FRCSC, DABOM Dr. Shirley is Clinical Fellow-Pregnancy Obesity Medicine and Surgery, Maternal Fetal Medicine Division, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sinai Health, University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Ms. Hamilton is Clinical […]
Raising the Standards with MBSAQIP: Part 7
by Wayne J. English, MD, FACS, FASMBS; David Provost, MD, FACS, FASMBS; Teresa LaMasters, MD, FACS, FASMBS; Richard Peterson, MD, MPH, FACS, FASMBS; Paul Jeffers, BS, BA; and Cassandra Peters, BA Dr. English is past Co-chair of the MBSAQIP Standards/Verification Subcommittee and Associate Professor of Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. […]
